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Lamar State College Port Arthur
2017-2018 Catalog
The Instrumentation Technology Program prepares
individuals to test, certify, install, repair, inspect
and maintain the high-tech instruments used in
automated systems that are critical to the operation
of chemical plants, petrochemical refineries, power
plants, and air and water pollution control agencies.
The curriculum includes pneumatic and electronic
control systems, control loop adjustments and their
analysis, process computers, process simulation, and
programmable logic controllers. Graduates are
proficient in the calibration of controls and the
troubleshooting and maintenance of hydraulic,
pneumatic, electrical and electronic control devices.
Students who complete the Recommended Program
of Study for the Instrumentation Technology
Program earn an Associate of Applied Science
Degree
and
students who
complete
the
Recommended Program of Study for the Certificate
of Completion in Instrumentation earn a Certificate
Award.
Students interested in registering for an Internship
course must meet program requirements, apply for
the internship, participate in the selection process
and be selected. For additional information, see the
Program Director.
Third Semester ............................................. Credit
POFT 1313 Professional Workforce Preparation .... 3
Social/Behavioral Science Course ............................ 3
INTC 2336 Distributed Control & Programmable
Logic ................................................................... 3
INTC 1443 Applications of Industrial Automatic
Control ............................................................... 4
SPCH 1315 Public Speaking .................................... 3
Total Hours .......................................................... 16
Fourth Semester ............................................ Credit
Humanities/Fine Arts Course ........................... 3
PHYS 1405 Elementary Physics I .......................... 4
INTC 1355 Unit Operations or
INTC 2388 Internship-Instrumentation
Technology/Technician ...................................... 3
ELMT 2333 Industrial Electronics .......................... 3
Total Hours ......................................................... 13
Grand Total ............................................... 60
Students must earn a minimum grade of ‘C’ in all
technical courses in the Recommended Program of
Study.
Recommended Program of Study
Associate of Applied Science
Degree in Instrumentation
Technology
First Year
First Semester ................................................ Credit
CETT 1303 DC Circuits............................................ 3
CETT 1325 Digital Fundamentals ........................... 3
INTC 1301 Principles of Industrial Measurements
................................................................................... 3
ITSC 1401 Introduction to Computers .................... 4
ENGL 1301 Composition I ....................................... 3
Total Hours .......................................................... 16
Second Semester ............................................ Credit
CETT 1305 AC Circuits ............................................ 3
CETT 1349 Digital Systems ..................................... 3
INTC 1341 Principles of Automatic Control............ 3
INTC 1348 Analytical Instrumentation .................. 3
MATH 1332 Contemporary Mathematics
(Quantitative Reasoning) .................................. 3
Total Hours .......................................................... 15
Second Year
Recommended Program of Study
Instrumentation Certificate
First Year
First Semester ............................................... Credit
CETT 1303 DC Circuits............................................ 3
CETT 1325 Digital Fundamentals ........................... 3
HRPO 1191 Special Topics-Human Resources
Management ...................................................... 1
INTC 1301 Principles of Industrial Measurements 3
ITSC 1401 Introduction to Computers .................... 4
Total Hours .......................................................... 14
Second Semester ............................................ Credit
INTC 1348 Analytical Instrumentation .................. 3
CETT 1305 AC Circuits ............................... ............. 3
CETT 1349 Digital Systems ..................................... 3
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